iran-hrm – Iran’s Special Force (NOPO), guarding the Supreme Leader, which is linked to the Revolutionary Guards, attacked political prisoners held in Wards 7 and 8 of Evin Prison on October 15, 2022. The state forces used live ammunition and shotguns on the prisoners late in the evening as a deadly clash formed in Iran’s notorious prison. Prisoners endured suffocation …

voanews – Berlin —  Some 80,000 people joined a Berlin rally Saturday in solidarity with women-led protests in Iran sparked by the death in custody of Mahsa Amini, a police spokesman told AFP. “Today, thousands of people are showing their solidarity with courageous women and demonstrators in Iran,” tweeted Germany’s Green Party minister for family affairs, Lisa Paus. “We are …

rferl.org – An Iranian teachers’ union has called for a two-day strike in response to the government’s deadly crackdown on students participating in nationwide protests over the death of a young woman while in police custody for “improperly” wearing a head scarf, or hijab. The Coordinating Council of Teachers Syndicates called for a sit-in for October 23-24, saying that in …

rferl.org – Iran has criticized a call by France, Germany, and Britain for the United Nations to investigate accusations that Russia has used Iranian-made drones to attack Ukraine. Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kanaani said on October 22 the initiative announced the previous day by the so-called E-3 group of countries was “false and baseless” and that it was “strongly rejected …

rferl.org – Iranian factory workers and shopkeepers went on strike on October 22 as nationwide protests sparked by the death in custody of Mahsa Amini, arrested for “improperly” wearing a head scarf entered a sixth week, activists said. The death of 22-year-old Amini has fueled the biggest protests seen in the Islamic republic in years. Young women have led the …

Al-Arabia – Two days before a fire ripped through a section of Iran’s Evin prison and killed at least eight people, a riot police unit arrived at the compound and began to patrol the corridors, shouting “God is Greatest” and banging batons on cell doors, six sources told Reuters.The patrols at the Tehran jail began without any apparent provocation by …

RFL/RE – Young people have played a prominent role in the ongoing anti-government protests that have rocked Iran for the past month. Young women and teenage girls have taken to the streets in major cities, removing and burning their head scarves. In universities and high schools, female students have chanted “Woman, life, freedom” and called on Iran’s ruling “mullahs” to get lost. …

RFL/RE – Canada says it will host an online meeting of the world’s female foreign ministers on October 20 to discuss the current unrest in Iran, which was sparked by the death of a young woman who was in police custody for “improperly” wearing a hijab. Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly announced the meeting on October 19, saying it would give …

RFL/RE – Employees at the Haft Tapeh sugar factory in the southwestern Iranian city of Shush have joined in nationwide protests as demonstrators angry over the death of a young woman detained for an alleged Islamic dress-code violation continued to defy a violent crackdown by authorities. Prominent labor activist Esmail Bakhshi said in on Twitter on October 18 that the factory managers …

Iranwire – The Iranian athlete who made history after appearing without a hijab at an international sports competition was questioned by two of Iran’s political and sports institutions, IranWire can reveal, when she returned to the country today. Friends of the athlete have also told IranWire that she has not answered their calls since returning to Iran early this morning …